Pick 614 if the number should read as Columbus.
The numbering administrator’s rate center map names Columbus, Dublin, Worthington, Westerville, New Albany and Gahanna.
The area codes for Columbus, Ohio are 614 and 380.
Area codes in Columbus, Ohio
Get a phone number with the right area code for Columbus, Ohio.
Columbus is in 614, the central Ohio code since 1947, and 380, laid over it in 2016. Both cover the city and the rest of Franklin County.
$0 todayLive in about a minute
Pick 614 for Columbus, or 380 if you want the code laid over it.
Pick 380 if the number should look newer.
380 entered service on February 27, 2016, less than a month after local calls began to be dialed with all ten digits.
Pick 740 if your customers are outside Franklin County.
740 took the rest of the old 614 area in 1997, while Franklin County and Columbus kept 614.
People filed 179 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Columbus, Ohio area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 179 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 614 and 380. 614 was named most, on 136 of them (76%).
- 179unwanted-call complaints named a Columbus, Ohio code
- 614was named on the most of them, 136
- 76%of the Columbus, Ohio complaints named 614
Source: Federal Communications Commission, CGB - Consumer Complaints Data (dataset 3xyp-aqkj), issue "Unwanted Calls", read on November 4, 2026. Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
This is how you get a Columbus, Ohio number.
- 1
Start your free week.
Every plan begins with 7 days free, and you pay $0 today.
- 2
Type the code you picked.
Open Create a number, type the three digits and give the number a name.
- 3
Hand the number out.
Calls ring the phone you already have, and texts land in your ExpressNumber inbox.
People ask these questions about Columbus, Ohio area codes.
More in the full FAQ.
Yes. Dublin, Worthington, Westerville and Hilliard all use 614 and 380.
The rest of the old area was split off as 740, and Franklin County, with Columbus, kept 614.
A local call in Columbus, Ohio is dialed with ten digits, whichever of its codes the number starts with. The area code is part of every number you give out.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 179 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Columbus, Ohio code: 614 (136) and 380 (43). A complaint is one person's report. Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
Yes. You type the area code you want when you create a number, and you do not need to live in Columbus, Ohio. Calls ring the phone you already have, and texts land in your ExpressNumber inbox.
No. Your numbers are receive-only: they take calls and texts, and they never make them. You answer calls on your own phone, and you cannot reply to a text from the inbox.
You get 7 days free and pay $0 today. After 7 days your plan starts: $9.99 a month for Basic or $29.99 a month for Pro. Cancel before then and you pay nothing.
Codes around Columbus, Ohio
More cities
Every fact on this page comes from public numbering records.
The codes, the places and the years are rows of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator's area code database, and the complaints are the FCC's own.
Put a Columbus, Ohio code on a number you can burn.
Calls ring the phone you already have, and texts land in your ExpressNumber inbox.
Try it free for 7 days